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Um so you mayhaps have any more recs for danny phantom fieldtrip fics? Or perhaps some more school revelation fics đđđ
A few? The issue with field trip fics is that its a super old trope so thereâs not many new ones, and a lot of them were abandoned years ago. The section in my reveal fics list kinda covered most of the ones I thought were good
Previously included in my reveal fics list:
Stranded With My Class by RedHeadsRock1010
Strength by WildFireBurnsTheForest
Backpack by CoronaIgnis
Of Field Trips and Phantoms by Ironinkpen
A Phantom Marooned by LordPugsy
Field Trip by Destiny Obake
Journey of Secrets by WolfKael
The Elevator Game by Raina Wolfe - Lateraina
Freeze Out by Raina Wolfe - Lateraina (Sequel to The Elevator Game)
Entering The Mind Of An Unsuspecting Halfa by I heart the Hitachiin twins
Personify: Into The Mind by NoSignalBlueScreen
The Survivalists by Unlucky Alis
Accidental Portal by Emmazippy577
Misery Island by lilyt789
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Additional stuff Iâve read:
The Reality of Virtuality by Artgirl4
Trapped in the Ghost Zone by ghostgal4
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Stuff I havenât read:
Mortified by FiveRivers (over 600,000 words and I have adhd)
A Field Trip To Remember by TheCastorbean
fic recs huh? *cracks knuckles*
Feast of Folly by @cleanlenins
Into the Infinite Mists by @kawaiijohn
Tucker Foley's Top Secret AV Journal by redrobin1989
Housewife by @bubblegumbeech
On Ice by @ajitated
Ceiling Stars by @ajitated
Well, this is Awkward by @kawaiijohn
The Moon is Haunted by @princessfanonanona
Bet on it by thatgirl_youknowtheone
Misplaced Courage by Datawyrms (Verl)
Secrets Mean Nothing When You're Saying Goodbye by StarShineRobotics
Three Twilights by Marsalias
Family Shenanigans by @guardianrex
Dark Ages Rockstar AU (series) by @ajitated
Shift by Alexa_Piper
Tales of life after death by @floralflowerpower
Little Lion King by @floralflowerpower
College shenanigans (series) by @princessfanonanona
you're bound (but so free) by wastefulreverie
To Be by DarkNymfa
Ringback by kelpeigh (chitaqua)
Naked Truth Lies by @redead-red
These are a mix of angst, fluff, crack, etc. and I only realized as i was adding the last few that I should've probably organized them lmao oops
(i linked everyone's fics but i didnt know everyone's tumblr / if they wanted to be tagged so its a mix of tumblr tag and author names <3 )
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Maddie and Jack hurt Danny during a fight for the first time.
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12
The idea for this part came from The Full Catastrophe on FFN. Thanks!
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"Which way did he go?â shouted Maddie.
Jack looked at her. The orange lenses of her goggles hid her eyes from him, but her ruby lips underneath were puckered in a determined frown.
âHe couldnât have gotten far,â said Jack, scanning the streets for his sonâs familiar aura. He spoke again in a lower voice, âYouâre tracking him, right?â
âDonât break character, he could be nearby,â Maddie murmured harshly, her lips barely moving as she discreetly checked her tracking scanner.
âWell, is he?â whispered Jack with a bite of his own.
Maddie gave him a warning look before saying more loudly, âLetâs check over there.â
Jack followed Maddie as she started walking. She soundlessly held up a scanner in front of his face, and Jack could see that they were walking toward Dannyâs location.
âAre you sure you want to go this way?â Jack asked in a loud voice, trying to hint his confusion to Maddie. Why were they headed toward Danny? Wouldnât she rather let him get away from them without trouble?
âYes, Iâm sure,â said Maddie. âI thought I heard something coming from this direction.â
Maddie gave him a harsh look to stop questioning her and just follow her lead. Jack sighed and ran after her. This whole thing really was more her experiment than his anyway. Whatever she wanted to do, he just had to go along with it.
Although he couldnât deny that their findings so far had been exciting. And having a specimen living with them in their own home was certainly convenient.
One car drove by as they headed down the street along the sidewalk, but the area was otherwise quiet, illuminated by a few very yellow streetlamps.
Jack checked the time on his watch. âHe really just stopped caring about curfew after he became a ghost, didnât he?â
âHe chose to be a superhero that fights ghosts,â said Maddie. âGhosts are more active at night.â
Maddie stopped abruptly and silently pointed down an alley between two buildings. She pressed herself against the wall and peered around the corner. Jack stood close to her to get a good look as well.
Danny was squaring off against a tiger ghost covered in spiky fur charged with electrical ghostly energy. The tiger lunged at Danny, throwing him into the chain-link fence at the back of the alley. Danny was down on the ground for only a moment before springing back up and firing a ghost ray.
âAmazing that heâs not even scared,â said Jack. âAll fight.â
âHe gets that from me,â said Maddie. âPlus his fighting skills. He needs to tighten up that form, though.â Maddie sighed and shook her head as she continued watching him. âCome on, Danny. I paid good money for those martial arts classes.â
The tiger pinned Danny to the ground and raised a paw, claws out, fur bristling.
Jack fingered the trigger of his ecto-gun. âMaddie, maybe we shouldââ
Maddie held up a hand to quiet him. Jack promptly shut his mouth and relaxed his hold on his gun.
The tiger brought down its paw in a quick swipe, clawing open Dannyâs cheek. Ectoplasm oozed from the fresh wounds as Danny cried out.
Jack sucked his teeth. âMadsââ
âGive him a chance, Jack.â
The tiger raised its paw again. Danny lay beneath it, clutching his face and looking stunned.
âMaddie, come on,â said Jack, giving her a stern but pleading look.
Maddie sighed and aimed her gun, pulling the trigger and blasting the tiger with a bright green ray of ectoplasm. The tiger howled and sailed into the chain-link fence, rattling it.
âWhy didnât you want to do that before he got clawed?â asked Jack.
âIâm interested in seeing how quickly heâll heal from it.â Maddie cocked her head. âArenât you?â
Jack froze, unsure how to answer that. He only moved when Maddie led the way into the alley.
Danny was still on the ground, sitting up on his forearms and staring at the tiger dizzily rising to its feet next to the fence. He turned to face Jack and Maddie as they ran up to him.
âI thought I lost you,â he said, grunting as he pushed himself off the ground to stand.
âYou thought wrong,â said Maddie, charging her gun and aiming it right at him.
Danny raised his hands up by his head. âListen, Iâm notââ
The tiger roared and started lunging toward him. Jack grabbed his Thermos and sucked the ghost inside in a burst of light before it could lay another claw on Danny.
Maddie glared at him, her bottom lip pushing up in a disapproving pout. Jack glared back. She wasnât just expecting him to let their son be mauled, was she?
With his hands still up, Danny took a couple steps back. âOkay, threatâs gone, so Iâll just be on my way.â
âYouâre not going anywhere, ghost,â said Maddie, advancing toward him.
Jack held up the Thermos, shaking it. âYouâre coming with us.â
Danny retreated a couple more steps until his back hit the chain-link fence. âThanks for the invitation, but Iâm already out way past my curfew, soââ
Maddie fired a blast, which hit the fence right next to his head. He staggered a few steps to the side, staring at the patch of burnt metal the blast left behind.
âOkay, your objection is noted.â Dannyâs voice squeaked. âBut canât I have any say in this?â
Maddie fired again, this time hitting his knee. Danny yelled and dropped to the ground, clutching it.
Jack dropped his jaw and stared at Maddie. Her eyes were fixed on Danny.
âNow, Jack,â said Maddie. âDonât let our specimen get away.â
Jack looked down at his Thermos, then her again. She couldnât possibly want him to actually capture their son. She hadnât told him this part of her scheme for the evening.
Danny gasped and stood again, hopping on his uninjured leg until he was back against the fence again. This time, he phased through the fence.
Maddie ran up to the fence and linked her gloved fingers through the chain links. She gritted her teeth and scowled at him. âCoward.â
âI donât want to fight you,â said Danny, pleading.
Maddie pressed the barrel of her gun against the fence. Danny hopped another couple steps before launching into the air in a streak of light, vanishing himself. Jack and Maddie both stared up at the sky where they saw him last.
âIâm surprised he hung around that long,â said Maddie, shutting off her gun.
Jack turned to her, his tongue sputtering in his mouth as he tried to get his words out. âYou shot him!â
âI had to show him we were serious,â said Maddie with a shrug.
âBut you shot him! Like actually hurt him!â
âJust his leg, Jack. Heâll heal just fine. At worst, heâll have a limp.â
âBut youââ
âDanny knows how serious we are about our research. It wouldâve been suspicious if we went too easy on him. He has to believe that we have absolutely no idea who he really is.â
Jack exhaled loudly as tremors gripped his upper body.
âBut itâs interesting that he admitted to having a curfew,â said Maddie, looking up at the sky again. âNot sure if that was a slip or if he just figured we wouldnât possibly understand what that really meant.â
She pulled out her scanner, reading the display. Jack did not come closer to try to read it himself.
âLooks like heâs heading home,â said Maddie. âGood. He has that math test tomorrow; he really needs to get some sleep. I might have to hire a tutor if he fails again.â
Maddie began walking out of the alley. Jack stared after her.
âComing, Jack?â
Jack shook himself out of his trance and followed her.
I made a fic rec of all the No One Knows AUs (that I know of),, so enjoy!!
a foreign sense of self preservation
Blue Interregnum
Counting Down
An Experiment in Absurdity
No One Knows AU (DarkNymfa)
itâs fine
Missing
Home is a Shelter from all sort of storms
The face I hide behind is my own
Intervention
Seasons
take the secrets to the grave
lie like a tombstone (yet secrets will bloom)
Family/Friends
the life cycle of a half ghost
Lapse
Creation
infinitesimal
Changed Hunt
Castle of Lies, Foundation of Fear
Almost Me
Somethingâs Wrong With Danny Fenton
Little Lion King
do not stand at my grave and cry (I was not there, I did not die)
Missing
Danien
The Fandom is Avatar: the last airbender.
The optional prompt is Pardon
Make sure to tag your posts "#Crossover Danuary Week 2022" and "dp x atla"!
Want to see some dp x atla fic recs? Here's some good ones!
(Sorry they're all ffn)
Weapon from another world by RusEmp
https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13045146/1/Weapon-from-another-world?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=mxtb7zWnZEBlLQ8rSSWx1EiGkWn_EiJzMzBPaQmh_fM-1642970013-0-gaNycGzNCaU
Spirit in Need by Turkeyhead987
https://m.fanfiction.net/s/8261035/1/Spirit-in-Need
Wandering Spirits by playedcrowd5610
https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13719508/1/Wandering-Spirits
The False Avatar by JBGilroy
https://m.fanfiction.net/s/12637699/1/The-False-Avatar
Wow there were some really cool events and prompts this year. I tried to tag everything and everyone I could think of so credit can go where it's due. Let me know if I missed any because I'm low-key exhausted but I wanted to get it done quickly.
Under the cut is a list of everything I did in 2021 for the Danny Phandom. There are some Ao3 links that lead to cleaned up versions of my (favored) fics if you're into that so feel free to sub to Acesymmetricfool on Ao3 for more as I get them tidy or I'll just reblog them as I go anyway.
Here on tumblr, I have my main blog @another-shameless-fangirl and my writing sideblog or check the tags "#asf writes" or "#asf wrote a thing" for more.
Thanks for the support I've gotten from people here, it really does mean so much!
It's mostly angst and drama. How about I tag what isn't. Enjoy~
Trick (362) -Ectober @ectoberhaunt Danny's secret is out. This ghost has tricked everyone into thinking it's little Danny Fenton. Luckily his parents know better than to trust a monster.
Laugh- Ao3 link -Ectober
What do people actually think about Phantom? We'd like to think of him as a friend with a nice laugh.
Glitter - Ao3 link (731) -Ectober
Glittering snow appears wherever Phantom does. There was a beauty in the way Phantom felt pain.
Fairy Circle (1166) -Ectober -dramatic with classmates
Danny isn't interested in this nature hike, especially when his friends are back at camp with another group and he's stuck with Dash and some other people. When they find a fairy circle in a clearing, Danny knows the stories and to stay away. Dash doesn't believe him and maybe there is a price to pay.
Twilight (660) -Ectober -oh no what happened in Fairy Circle
Fenton better not be pulling a fast one about that fairy circle business. Dash rationalizes the events of Fairy Circle in what is basically chapter 2 and is awaiting a third chapter.
Swamp- Ao3 link (3225) -Ectober (Horror)
Fenton Works wasn't always a weapons manufacturer. The Fenton's were paranormal investigators. Field studies were done, measurements were taken, tests performed. It was a family business that searched for proof of ghosts. One night, they finally found it. If only their 6-year-old wasn't sleeping in the backseat.
Poison - Ao3 link (428) -Ectober
Danny Phantom was going to be the end of Amity Park as we knew it.
Mask- Ao3 link (640) -Ectober There wasnât a time after the accident that Danny felt he could be himself. He had a loving family, friends who adored him, a public whose opinion varied on his performance, but he couldnât bring himself to present all that he was to any of them. So Danny started to wear masks.
Condemned (420) -Ectober
Danny Phantom was a menace at best, at worst an upheaval of the natural order of things. Danny knew better than anyone this sentence was for the best.
Headstone (2434) -Ectober
Why did he have to be remembered? Why didnât they want him anymore? Did they all wish him a safe passing to the afterlife? What did he do wrong to make all them want him gone?
He was a hero for them wasnât he?
Insomnia- Ao3 link (1018) -Ectober
What was a little lost sleep if staying awake meant he could keep his city safe?
A Wish List for Danny- Ao3 link (763) -12 Days of Ficmas (Fluff) @12daysficmas
Danny's been so busy fighting ghosts, he forgot to make himself a Wish List before the holidays started and he just doesn't have it in him anymore. Good thing he has two best friends who love him.
With a Little Help- Ao3 Link (645)- 12 Days of Ficmas (Fluff)
Star Thunder has her life together school-wise. It isn't really her problem if Fenton's is falling apart. Lucky for him, Foley comes to plead mercy.
Call me Grandma Ida- Ao3 link (1541) 12 Days of Ficmas (Fluff)
âI donât eat. Iâm a ghost.â Ida Manson could have believed him if it werenât for his voice or his face or the way his hands moved. She smiled at the ghost boy. âYouâve got a mouth, don't ya?â
She Knew Those Eyes- Ao3 link (2788)- Truce gift for @faedemon / @moipale
Jazz didnât know as much about ghosts. She didnât have powers or experience but she was willing to learn and help any way she could. Danny might not want to tell her about every rough time, but the important thing was that he trusted her to be there on the really bad days.
When her brother's skittish clone introduced herself, Jazz braced herself for what could be a very bad night indeed.
A Real Connection- Ao3 link (822)(Cracky fluff) @floralflowerpower
When Danny Fenton is spotted being carried home by the friendly Phantom, the Citizens of Amity Park can't help but wonder what their connection is. The consensus, despite any objections from Fenton, is that it is so very real.
Electric Duet (669) A duet with @floralflowerpower, prompt by @coolclaytony
Maddie experiments with Phantom's aversion to electricity and makes a dire mistake.
This is Only the Beginning- Ao3 link (1581) @danphanwritingprompts
Danny learns the hard way what Vlad already knew. They were both immortal and every human they cared about would die.
You Were Supposed to Be Our Uncle Vlad (1348) @danphanwritingprompts
Clockwork has his reasons when he shows Danny another alternate future. A single second could have made all the difference. Uncle Vlad would have been family.
My Eyes Were Blue (1021)- prompt by @dannyphantompromptgenerator and @all-out-disney
Danny finds out what happened to Sidney Poindexter.
Checking up on the boy (311) Kinda related to My Eyes Were Blue Prompt by @danphanwritingprompts
âMaâam, you donât understand. Thereâs nobody named Sidney Poindexter currently attending this school.â
Conviction (2083)- prompt by @amabsis
This time, instead of making a weapon to hurt ghosts, the Fenton's make a weapon that allows them to âget their feelings backâ. Problem is they already have them, so what happens when you take an already emotional ghost teen and amplify it by 10?
Team Work Makes the Dream Work- (1424)- Cracky fun- prompt by @reallydumbdannyphantomaus
kwan: don't look now but we've shifted to another reality again
dash: fuck!!!!! shit!!!!! no!!!!!
kwan: i mean i know it sucks but it's happened before it'll be fine
dash: no idiot we've got an away game tonight how are we supposed to get to brantford from another reality??
kwan: đ±
kwan: we're gonna have to forfeit!
dash: not on my watch
Thanks so much!
One of my mutuals on my main asked me about DP and so I recced them some fics that I thought might help explain the main ideas of the fandom. SO here is that list (and also just some other fun fics I like because).Â
Under the cut because this is kinda long!
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@floralflowerpower
The Apprentice of Thanatos: DP/PJO https://archiveofourown.org/works/29169744/chapters/71614422
Ghost in the NYC: DP/Marvel https://archiveofourown.org/series/2045206
The ColdHands Project: DP/Rise of the Guardians (2012) https://archiveofourown.org/series/1364842
Uncle John: DP/John Constinie https://archiveofourown.org/works/33598900
Wattson Wraith: DP https://archiveofourown.org/works/26186578/chapters/63723802
Ectoplasmic Educational Employment: DP https://archiveofourown.org/works/33500500/chapters/83231269
Spooky Monochrome Vigilantes Gotta Stick Together: DP/Venom https://archiveofourown.org/works/32941786/chapters/81756826
Somethingâs Wrong With Danny Fenton Vol. 1: DP https://archiveofourown.org/works/33428749/chapters/83039059
To Breathe: DP https://archiveofourown.org/works/28947537/chapters/71029983
College Shenanigans: DP https://archiveofourown.org/series/2231343
Fangs or No Fangs: DP https://archiveofourown.org/works/30890915
Furry Paws and Achy Jaws: DP https://archiveofourown.org/works/31449242
A list of some fanfiction favourites from 2021 as suggested by tumblr users! Special thanks to all the people who contributed to the round up this year: @cleanleninsâ @apinklion01 @redead-red @kawaiijohn @echoghost1 @strawberrycamel @moipale @deuynndoodles @murphy-kitt @ectoentity @mythologeekwriter @rosiepupper @ravenatural @floralflowerpower @daylights-nightlights @aj-itated
Apologies in advance if I missed any or have some broken links- I will go back and fix when I can. There were so SO many fics that I read this year since coming to tumblr and truly blessed to be in with this community with such awesome writings. If you donât see your favourite on here, feel free to add more in the replies. Happy New Year and Happy Reading!
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I know it's popular to portray Danny has having scars and all, that's fine by me.
But considering Ghost Regeneration in the series is busted (like they regenerate from nearly everything) image just Danny shrugging immensely fatal injuries and be like "well that's annoying" everytime while everyone else freaks out.
Hey I'm new to the Danny Phantom fandom and I need some good fics. Got any good recommends?
First off, welcome to the fandom! And hon, I /got/ you.Â
Flu Shot: https://archiveofourown.org/works/20513513/chapters/48684473 (Sorry itâs not letting me put in links properly?? Anyway.) Unashamed self-advertisement, basically Danny finds out there is a more civilized part of the ghost zone and things go crazy from there.Â
How to Summon Eldritch Entities with Strawberry Jam by In_The_Ghost_Mode: https://archiveofourown.org/works/14146716 Summary; Listen, Danny didnât ask for a summoning circle, alright? And if heâs going to get called at any time and place, he might as well wear whatever he wants, including arriving in his human form in his favorite PJs. Got it? Good.Â
Beyond Beasts by CatalystOfTheSoul: https://archiveofourown.org/works/8388307/chapters/19217140 Summary: Dannyâs abilities are getting less reliable by the minute, Tucker can barely keep up with damage control, and it doesnât help that Dash decided to tag along. Thereâs something fishy about this vacation, and itâs not the lake. The forest is playing tricks, water is appearing in places it shouldnât, and thereâs a vacancy expected at Algernonâs Summer Camp for Boys. (Dear reader, this is by-all-means intended as a ghost story for ghosts. Proceed with caution.) How You'veÂ
Changed by: thatgirl_youknowtheone: https://archiveofourown.org/works/11440641 Summary: Danny wasnât a ghost, at least, not a ghost pretending to be their child. He was⊠he was still their child. He was just, wrong.Â
Shots Fired by RedHeadsRock1010: https://archiveofourown.org/works/16015694 Summary: School shooter meet Danny Fenton. Vlad Masters does not get paid enough to deal with this. (On a personal note this obviously has a school shooting but it has gallows humor so itâs not, straight-up traumatic but heads up and proceed with caution)Â
Itâs Like Time Stops by anthrop: https://archiveofourown.org/works/1569932 Summary: Danny though, Danny was as average as anybody. He was nice (if a bit snarky), clever (if a bit naive), and once puberty stopped stretching him like a rubber band he might even be handsome one day. But then, not even halfway through his first semester at Casper High, Danny Fenton changed.Â
Silvertongue by proximally: https://archiveofourown.org/works/4044955 Summary: According to his friends and family, Danny is a terrible liar. Truth is, heâs lying about that.Â
Bloodsucker by: S.N. Rainsworth: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7225350/1/Bloodsucker Summary: A few misconceptions causes the student population of Casper High to take a guess at the mystery that is Danny Fenton.Â
Phantom of Truth by: HaiJu: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7476808/1/Phantom-of-Truth Summary: Locked away in a secret government lab with Phantom as her subject, nothing stands between Maddie and the truth⊠except, perhaps, herself. (Personal note, this is a phandom favorite, and while I should have had read it, I, in fact, did not)Â
Shadow of a Doubt by: HaiJu: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9683169/1/Shadow-of-a-Doubt Summary: The truth was supposed to save Danny. Fix things. The lab, the experiments, the lies, those were all in the past. Werenât they? Sequel to Phantom of Truth.Â
What Little Girls Are Made Of by: HaiJu: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11592126/1/What-Little-Girls-Are-Made-Of Summary: Phantom and his younger double save Amity Park from a monstrous ghost, nearly destroying themselves in the process. The Fentons have always hunted ghosts; now itâs time to save one.Â
Green Jacket, Red Sleeves by: LunarMothim: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9117967/1/Green-Jacket-Red-Sleeves Summary: Two secrets: Dannyâs mysterious injury and Phantomâs bizarre ectosignature. In her quest to find the answers to both, Maddie finds out more than she could ever have anticipated. Revelation fic, no PPÂ
Running Blind by: Dejah Thoris of Mars: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3049214/1/Running-Blind Summary: Crossover with CSI. Something supernatural is killing people in Las Vegas⊠and it all seems to lead back to a fifteenyearold runaway named Danny Fenton.Â
A Different Sort of House Call by: Hornswaggler: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6481092/2/A-Different-Sort-of-House-Call Summary: Houseâs new case is a little tougher to diagnose, primarily because the patient should be, quite literally, already dead. A continuation of AnneriaWingsâ Lab RatÂ
Everything Was White by: lexosaurus: https://archiveofourown.org/works/16467191/chapters/38565494 Summary: After being accidentally revealed to the public and taken away by the government, Danny deals with the aftermath of his time with the GiW.Â
You Should Be Dead by: SaphireDragon11: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9375525/1/You-Should-Be-Dead Summary: Dash and Kwan are horrified to discover theyâve accidentally killed their classmate, but perhaps even more so when he shows up at school the next day. With his secret on the line, Danny soon discovers Dash and Kwan are the least of his worries. AÂ
Snapping Sound by: Represent: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11535920/1/A-Snapping-Sound Summary: COMPLETE â âYouâre new Sam, so you donât know. This will be the only warning you get. Donât trust your eyes or youâll be tricked. Nobody in Amity is who they seem. Nobody.â (personal note, another clasic of the phandom)Â
Dead Manâs Blood by anthrop: https://archiveofourown.org/works/991204 Summary: âPfah! What goodâre cops in a town like this?â The old man waves dismissively. âNah, Phantomâll take care of things, same as he always does.â Dean pauses in fishing out his wallet. âPhantom? Whoâs Phantom?âÂ
we are all walking each other home by anthrop: https://archiveofourown.org/works/16007549 Summary: Dannyâs eyes flare. âWhat?â âNothing,â Tucker says quickly, because he has a healthy sense of self-preservation and respect for the stupid amount of super strength and speed Dannyâs got in ghost mode. âItâs just weird to see Phantom look so casual,â Sam drawls, because her favorite thing in the world is to push a guyâs buttons when heâs already down, apparently.Â
when the sun burns out by: anthrop: https://archiveofourown.org/works/5594869 Summary: âStorm?â Vlad scoffs. âThis is no mere storm bearing down on us. He has opened a door, and Heâs stepping through it now. He will reach down from beyond the stars to pluck you and I out of our weak meat with neither fuss nor flair. Donât you see it, Daniel? Weâre finally going to die.âÂ
feel the outside turning in By: anthrop: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12292512/1/feel-the-outside-turning-in Summary: You remember falling out of the portal, and the dizzying twist in perception as you watched yourself fall. You watched the awful jitter of your bodyâs limbs, writhing like a dying insect, your white jumpsuit burnt black and smoking. You watched Sam and Tucker stagger away, the flashing lights carving terror deep into their faces. (personal note, Itâs actually still Dannyâs perspective but 2nd person is used)Â
Ghost speak; the Teacher By: @phantomrose96 http://phantomrose96.tumblr.com/post/45888938801/ghost-speak-the-teacher Summary: Danny slips into ghost speak and Lancer, Like the good teacher he is, tries to translateÂ
From Ashes to Ashes by: @phantomrose96 http://phantomrose96.tumblr.com/post/74683295739/from-the-ashes Summary: Danny becomes less and less himself in the worst way possible From Ashes toÂ
Ashes (Part 2) by: @phantomrose96 http://phantomrose96.tumblr.com/post/92381491182/from-the-ashes-part-2 Summary: Itâs Part 2 I aint gonna spoil itÂ
A Ghost Story By: Cordria: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11590571/1/A-Ghost-Story Summary: Maddie finds a strange toy airplane in a field, and it leads her to learning some very interesting things about her family. A spooky oneshot to celebrate the dead.Â
Masks By: Cordria https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3831182/1/Masks Summary: Sometimes, people hide who they truly are behind masks. This is a short story about the day that Lancer decides enough is enough when it comes to Daniel Fenton. Sequel is âPlungeâ.Â
Plunge By: Cordria https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4759041/1/Plunge Summary: Sequel to âMasksâ. Now that Lancer has learned the truth and has let Danny out of his office, Danny needs to face the next hurdle: his parents.Â
Pits By: Cordria https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3283823/1/Pits Summary: Danny has been captured and thrown into the Pits by Walker to fight for his life. Listen in as he tells his dark, twisted tale of surviving despite the odds. Warning: dark and depressing. Sequel is âFinal Examâ.Â
Final Exam By: Cordria https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3240983/1/Final-Exam Summary:When Danny has to write a paper for Lancer detailing one of his most traumatic experiences, this is his creation. Caution: extremely depressing and dark. Sequel to âPitsâ. (Personal note, this was in 1st perspective? I had no memories if that but when I came into the phantom and read this + Pits I sobbed my self to sleep. Cordia has a Tumblr too? Anyway her stuff is off the shits)Â
Some blogs that could interest you are: @d-o-t-s @anonymousapparition @ghostrift @lexosaurus @danthectoman @ectoplasmbender @diddly-darn-ghost @danphanwritingprompts @cordria
Anyway absolutely NONE of my links are working, so you miiight have to copy and paste and the layout might be wonky cuz itâs acting WEIRD But!!! I hope this helps! Happy reading, and thanks for dropping an ask!
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So I love these kinds of crossovers, and they vary just because of the different kind of series and canons that exist. And I have very basic knowledge regarding a lot of DC related topics and characters but we all know Batman and usually thatâs enough. Thereâs good Justice League intervening and finding a small ghost child somehow keeping godly creatures of chaos in order with a mere glare, thereâs teen titans and Danny interactions, thereâs a lot of Dannyâs friends and family dying and him getting adopted into these groups, basically you can find so much content.
One of my FAVOURITE concepts is the whole âDanny is Batmanâs sonâ, which my favourite execution of it is The Phantom and the Knight by savya398 on Archive of our Own! Why is this my favourite? Why not a âDanny is Richard Graysons twin/lost brother? Because Dick is a nice dude, maybe getting serious from time to time but generally? Heâs a good bro, makes me think of Jazz and Dannyâs relationship.
Now Danny as Batmanâs son? Well this has many implications. And my favourite is this makes DAMIEN Dannyâs brother. Literal demon spawn finds out he has a brother and itâs DANNY. This child of pure chaos would not be impressed at all with this scrawny, c student mess. How dare this sorry excuse of a teen even be considered in being related to him! Or the great Batman!! The pure feral sibling bonds are to die for.
Even better is that this fic DOESNâT kill everyone off. Which I enjoy very greatly!! So yeah, if you like crossovers between Danny Phantom and Justice league where they donât kill everyone Danny knows off, this is a good fic!! And while Iâm at it, Iâm gonna recommend some other really great Danny Phantom/DC fics!
The Meddling Jerkwad League by StrawberryCamel
A series that has the Justice League accidentally medaling while Danny and Tucker slowly finds less reasons not to strangle them all. Itâs funny and entertaining!
Ghost Kings and Gotham Bats by BlueGhostCardinal
This is a good one. Phantom gets caught up in Gotham stuff, Danny gets mistaken as Damien, Bruce wants to adopt him naturally, everyone thinks heâs a clone or lost twin or something, and while we are at it, thereâs a lot of established ghost lore!! King Danny heck yeah!! As well as the classic batfamily banter!
And so it Ghost by Evandarya
This one has Vlad as Dannyâs guardian and Danny looks into getting into collage in Gotham! Of course it goes wrong and attracts the attention of the Batfam as they try to figure out what is going on with this kid that knew a little too much about the villain that attacked.
Operation Iâm Totally 300 by I_Am_Toast
This one. Is hilarious I love this fic. Itâs just Danny trying to convince the young justice league that heâs an old wise ghost based on the recorded appearances he has of himself in the past. We all know Danny just sucks at improv and so shenanigans are ensued.
Dressed for Death by Nohvarrs
Another great one, Danny ends up in John Constantineâs house and then he canât seem to stop showing up wherever he goes. Dannyâs problems only get more annoying when the Justice League tries to find out who he was before his death.
So yeah! Superheroes and Danny Phantom! Iâm a big sucker for Danny Phantom crossovers. Especially since this child is ridiculously OP. Heâs like an invasive species. He is a basic teen hero in Amity because he faces people and enemies that have very specialized weapons that can affect him. You drop him anywhere else? Almost nothing can touch him and heâs basically One Punch Man. Amazing.
While my own comic project âThe Mistakeâ is on hiatus (you could read the prologue on Tumblr here and on A3O here) I will make a âlong comicsâ rec post because maybe you saw it I love comics đ and I believe artists with so much passion need exposure and cheering
By @alieaself|phantomtype, DoppelgĂ€nger (completed), do I really need to present this masterpiece ? Incredible Dan & futur!Vladâs story and development, incredible art style with big vision and quality. Big art influence for me.
By @krossan, Legendary Destination (on going), do I really need to present this too ? Sequel of Phantom Planet, new story, new lore, new characters, old characters⊠Krossan is a pillar in the fandom. Each of their piece of art reek talent, hard work and passion, this comic it not an exception.
By @ghost-chicky-blog|@kennymayovo, Ectober Comic (on going) (TW: blood and gore), spooky story, it develops my feral!Vlad hc. One of my first meeting with the creativity of the fandom and one artist that greatly influenced my art style. I will always deeply respect chicky who did so much for the Phandom and is an amazing artist.
By @promsien, Monsters Born (completed) (TW: blood), a Danny&Vlad bonding and action comic. Though they didnât draw Danny Phantom anymore, I just canât forget this one. Promsien is an incredible artist whose influence greatly shape the Phandom today. Another big art influence for me.
By @ep-10, Amity Thereafter (ongoing), I already reblogged a lot of ep-10âČs posts so itâs not a secret that I love this comic :D Sequel of Phantom Planet and give a satisfactory continuity to a weak canon ending, but shonen style!! The panelling is very good and seriously gave me physical goosebumps several time, not even joking.
By @rekkaroonii, DPAUcomic (on going), sequel of Phantom Planet, older!Danny is dealing with the mental horrors of not feeling as human anymore. Please admire the work of somebody who knows exactly what theyâre doing and how to tame a comic page like itâs nothing.
By @catesartworksâ, Phantom in the Mirror (on going), first timeline of âThe Ultimate Enemyâ. The style and texture is magical, and catsartworks is a magician who just- just- mastered the art of paneling and art symbolism. I havenât other words to describe it, a pure black diamond in the desert.
By joe-the-hoe, Archetype (completed) (TW: body horror and gore), AU I canât really explain without spoils, just read it. A bit weak for the art in the beginning, but with the pages we see how much the artist improve over the years and itâs beautiful. The comic, THIS comic, is what shaped my liking for horror genre and awake my love for those kind of dp fics. Iâm not kidding, this one is my favorite, my GOAL in term of art style, story, panelling and comic quality, and my fav piece of fandomâs work (with Darker Yet Darker by Sansybones).
By Kuro the Artist, 5 Year Later (on going), 5 years after Phantom Planet, crossover between Ben 10 and Danny Phantom. I donât very like crossovers, but this deserves a big look. Kuro is another amazing artist and a very kind heart, give it a try if you want to see the clash between 2 different universe from 2 different cartoon channels.
Fic recs pls đ„șđđ
you want me to give you fic recommendations??đ„ș for some reason I donât feel iâm qualified, but thanks, iâm flattered.
anyway, here are some of my favorite fics and some phandom classics ;)
Phantom of Truth by HaiJu
a classic among fans. if you are looking for some really heavy angst, this is the fic for you.
A Snapping Sound by Represent
this is a horror/murder mystery au of the show. also pretty popular among fans.
Things I Can(not) Do in Amity Park by ReadHeadsRock1010
pretty funny fic where danny is a senior and doesnât care about his secret identity anymore, so he tests the limit of Amity Parkâs ignorance.
Speak To Me by Miss_Nihilist
reveal fic where danny is stuck speaking ghost speak.
Everything Was White by @lexosaurus
you want more modern angst? donât worry i got you. in this fic, danny is exposed to the public and is taken by the GIW and now he has to deal with the aftermath. (lexx has some awesome fics. you should definitely check em out)
Mortified by @five-rivers
pretty long gen fic for you to binge. if you like clockwork being a dad to danny, this is the fic for you. (marsalias is also an amazing writer. please check her fics, theyâre always putting new stuff. another good fic by them is Flower/Moon/Corruption/Gloves)
What Means the Most by @feralhalfghost
a twist on kindred spirits. one of my favorite identity reveals out there.
Double Standard by @mystyrust
valerie centric fic! valerie is left with a lot of questions after the events of d-stabilized and the only person that could probably answer them is phantom (mysty has some hilarious social media fics too)
Threads of Time by ZombieRed
maddie centric reveal fic. maddie is trapped on a time loop and has to figure out the way get out of it
Easy Target by gallavichsecurity
dash centric fic! dash knows something weird is going on with fenton and tries to get to the bottom of it.
Magnetized by @imekitty
maddie wants to experiment on her son. just your good ol dissection fic (they have amazing fics! another well know fic by them is Planned. you should definitely give their stuff a look)
Mortality Salience by Alexa_Piper
danny and valerie get stuck together
@realghostboy by @dotsz
hilarious social media fic. perfect if you want some good laughs.
Unveiled by @darks-ink
jack centric! jack finds himself in vladâs secret lab and discovers a lot of things while looking around (DarkNymfa is an amazing writer and has a lot of dp fics for you to check. some other fics i like from them are Glow Sticks and Grounded)
Danny Phantomâs House of Horror by Browa123
danny convinces his parents to let him open a haunted house for halloween and they make him promise no real ghost would be involved. halfas arenât exactly real ghost though. (another fic i like from the same author is Self-Defense)
A Little Off Point by @wastefulreverie
maddie and jack mistakenly jump to conclusion that their son is a vampire after noticing the oddities that surround him. (rev has some really good dp fics that you should definitely check out. one that i like a lot is Speak to Me)
The Curious Case of Danny Fenton by @ladylynse
you like wes weston? then you are in luck, because hereâs a really good wes centric fic (i feel like iâm repeating myself, but please go check the rest of their work. one of my favorites is Complications)
was this an excuse to shoutout my favorite writers? yes
Chapter 9: Breaking News!
Summary: Although the Hero Commission was not able to suppress the knowledge of the vigilante âPhantomâ, they were still able to multiplate the information surrounding him by releasing fake articles and bribing/restricting news sources, so as not to worry the public.
Word Count: 1052
BREAKING NEWS: League of Villains reveals themself and attack Hosu, leaving countless injured. Thanks to the heroes, there have been no reported deaths. Stain, the infamous hero killer that has been terrorizing the streets of Japan, has finally been caught by #2 hero Endeavor during the panic.Â
BREAKING NEWS: Three creatures called âNomusâ were captured last night and are now being studied by the Hero Comisson. Origins are unknown but are believed to come from the League of Villains. If you have any information, please contact 1-800-NOMU or the Hero Commission directly.Â
BREAKING NEWS: Vigilante rates skyrocket after Hosu attacks. Witness from the Nomu attacks describe white haired teen saved them. Other reports describe the same figure. Could this be a new vigilante group or something else?
BREAKING NEWS: New vigilante group or freak of nature? The vigilante group, which has been given the name âPhantomâ due to their quirks and mysterious nature, have caused experts to scratch their heads. Some witnesses say there was only one vigilante on site with multiple quirks while others insist it was at least 3. Which is true? Read here to hear what the experts have to say.Â
BREAKING NEWS: Quirk researchers debunk existence of individuals with multiple quirks. âThis is a dangerous misconception,â says quirk expert Yanagimachi Tsuneko. âSometimes, especially as we see the power of quirks grow with each generation, children inherit both of their parents quirks, or they combine to create an entirely new quirk but never more than twoâŠâ CLICK HERE TO READ FULL INTERVIEW.
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Trending: "Stain" "Endeavor" "Hosu Riots" âPhantomâ & âVigilante GroupâÂ
In a public group chat online:
Mirkosthighs: Have you heard of the new vigilante group?
Nighteyemorelikeayeayeaye @Mirkosthighs: The ones who rescued a bunch of people yesterday?
FriedHawkWings @Mirkosthighs: Group? I thought it was only one guy?
Mirkosthighs @FriedHawkWings: No. All the news outlets are saying it's a group of vigilantes
FriedHawkWings @Mirkosthighs: What no way! Everyone is describing the same dude in interviews
Ghostwatermelon:>Â @FriedHawkWings: Itâs gotta b a group! They all have diff quirks! An how could 1guy b in all those places at 1nce?
Knight34knight43 @Ghostwatermelon:>: He could have just a speed quirk so it seemed he was everywhere at once
Mirkosthighs @Knight34knight43: Yeah? And also have cold manipulation and flight and enhanced strength?
Knight34knight43 @Mirkosthighs: WellâŠ
#6bmybbygrl @Mirkosthighs: My friend was one of the people he saved. She said he used multiple quirks.Â
Ghostwatermelon:> @#6bmybbygrl: O pls. 1 of em prob just has a vers quirk. I wont beleave it til I c it!
#6bmybbygrl @Ghostwatermelon:>: My friend took one but every time it played her phone got all buggy
L3G3GG @#6bmybbygrl: Yeah I was there 2 and the same thing happened to mine
âL3G3GGâ MADE A NEW POST:
Video Link: The video shows a fire spreading and people screaming in the background. The camera suddenly zooms around and then the video starts to glitch, the sound and visual becoming static or pixelated. The visuals stop glitching and faces the person recording but the sound is jumbled.Â
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âMirkosthighsâ REPOSTED A LINK:
BREAKING NEWS: Hero Commission has confirmed the existence of the rumored âPhantomsâ vigilante group.Â
Ghostwatermelon:> @Mirkosthighs: See! I new it was a group! No way was it just some kid
Leaguereference @Mirkosthighs: Yeah that makes no sense. What quirk would even do that?
Mirkosthighs @Mirkosthighs: I read the whole article. It says they already have possible leads to one of their identities.
FeralGangOrca @Mirkosthighs: I heard a theory that it's a family, that's why they all look the same
Ghostwatermelon:> @FeralGangOrca: Yeah TONS of pple have white hair or they couldve dyed it. And no 1was able to get a good look at their faces!Â
GenshinreferenceUwU @Mirkosthighs: Man Iâm so excited for when they catch them! Could you imagine if they televised the trail?!Â
Knight34knight43 @GenshinreferenceUwU: I feel bad for the kids thoâŠThey obviously just wanted to be heroes
Nighteyemorelikeayeayeaye @Knight34knight43 : Who knows, maybe if they get lucky they get picked up by a pro after they get out of jail
Knight34knight43 @Nighteyemorelikeayeayeaye : I hate our vigilante laws :(
Mirkosthighs @Knight34knight43: Not everyone can be a hero. There has to be rules in place otherwise more people could get hurt
Leaguereference @Mirkosthighs: Apparently Endeavor caught the Hero Killer and one of the Phantoms was in the area
Mirkosthighs @Leaguereference : No way?!
FriedHawkWings @ Mirkosthighs : Wasnât Stain a part of the LOV?
GenshinreferenceUwU @ FriedHawkWings : Do you think theyâre all in kahoots?
Ghostwatermelon:> @GenshinreferenceUwU: Ridiculous! Utterly Ridiculous! The Phantoms were trying to save every1 if they were rlly w/LOV y not spread out and cause more havoc? Why not help out Stain?
Knight34knight43 @GenshinreferenceUwU: Something doesnât make sense about all thisâŠ
Nighteyemorelikeayeayeaye @Knight34knight43: Well yeah. The hero commission is probably hiding everything for the investigationÂ
FriedHawkWings @ Knight34knight43 : Theyâre prob keeping it all classified til they find the kids
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Tomura was pissed! Papers, blogs the TV! All they talked about was STAIN! STAIN! STAIN! They didnât even make the first page! They were hardly a footnote! If that wasnât enough, some brat had defeated TWO of his Nomus⊠Apparently he was some hero wanna be.Â
He scratched at his neck. He hated them. Hate. Hate. Hate.Â
There were a few articles about him too, less than 5, though you had to dig for them, almost as if they were trying to get buried⊠But they were there and despite being hidden, they caused almost as much buzz as StainâŠ
They all said that he was part of some âvigilante groupâ, but Tomura knew better. There was a video online, it was only up for a couple minutes before it and the channel got deleted. The person who took it was either a shit photographer or the video was beyond salvaging. The video was grainy, less than 144p, and all sorts of corrupted, but it showed the brat taking down a Nomu, displaying several different quirks as he fled.Â
Cheater! Cheater! Cheater! They werenât supposed to have a tank like that! His scratching became more intense. The game wasnât going how it was supposed to! He banged the bar table, but it left no dent in the hardwood. It was so unfairâŠ
The TV buzzed to life, relieving the disfigured face of his teacher. âTomura,â the voice spoke in static, âI have a new task for you.â
Chapter 5: Panic in Townsquare
Summary: Danny runs into two Nomus
Word Count: 2336
Danny didnât know what he did to make the hero so mad. The hero tried to hide it, but Danny could tell. He was walking faster, his hands clenched, his smile a little too forceful. He no longer smiled at Danny like he did when their conversation first started. Maybe the social norms were different here. Maybe it's just this guyâs problem.Â
âSo, whatâs your quirk?â The noise was sudden like a gunshot, Danny almost missed what he said. Â
âMy quirk? I mean I guess I like space and stuff, but I donât think itâs that weird.â What type of person asks someone that when they just met? Â
âNo.â He sounded final, âYour power. What is it?â The man's eyes bore into Danny again. It was like when they first met, this time it went straight through Danny's bones. Â
âMy power?â Danny didnât know how to answer that. Fat Gum was becoming more and more tense, he could feel it. Danny needed to answer soon, âI can go intangible.â That was the first power that Danny got, and so the first thing that came to mind. Â
âOh yeah? Show me.â The hero turned around fully, using his extra height to corner Danny, although there was plenty of space behind him. He had a playful smile on, but Danny knew it wasnât real.
Danny knelt on the ground and stuck his arm through the cold concrete. He could feel how things interacted with his arm, nothing moved, but it was like he was able to feel the jagged outline of the rocks. Or maybe he thought he could feel it, so he did. Ectoplasm was weird like that. Â
Fat Gum breathed in deeply. Â
âOh wow, thatâs really something.â Fat Gum was trying to smile wider, âNice quirk kid. Is there a time limit on that?â He cocked his head to the side, âOr are you able to breathe while going through stuff? Seems like an impressive quirk.â There was something unsaid, What are your weaknesses?Â
Danny knew what this was. He had to get away. Â
âI-â an explosion was heard and suddenly people all around were screaming. Dannyâs core shook. Â
Protect. Â
The hero had turned around at the blast, shock and horror filled his face. In a blink, Danny turned invisible and flew off, not bothering to look back as the hero turned to look for him. Â
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People were screaming and running through the streets. Danny followed the noise into a little shopping district and saw aâŠ. Well he wasnât sure what he saw.
âWhat the fuck are those things?â
There were two of them. One of them was a weird zombie creature with only half a face and the other, a weird skin bird-man-thing. They both had their brains sticking out of their heads like one of those sad goldfish. Â
Dannyâs throat started to itch and he felt his ghost sense almost recoil when he got closer. They werenât dead, but they werenât alive either, or not in the way that humans should be. Something was viscerally wrong with them, and it left a twisting sensation in Dannyâs belly. It felt like when he met Dan or Elle for the first time but worse. These things shouldnât exist. Danny swallowed the feeling and got even closer.Â
They were attacking a group of heroes (anyone in a costume was a hero in this world) and the heroes were losing. Badly. They were being batted away like mosquitos. People still crowded around the area, either being frozen with fear or not fully understanding the danger yet. The only reason the creatures werenât going after them is that they were being distracted by the heroes.
One of the things threw an empty bus at a heroâwho surprisingly, did not dieâand was knocked out cold. When it fell, an explosion blasted out and created a massive fire. Â
A minotaur man ripped out a fire hydrant from the ground and threw it at one of those things. The impact did nothing. He kept yelling to another man who was talking to a kid. Oh no. A kid shouldnât be anywhere near this. Â
The hero sent the kid awayâgoodâand started fucking waterbending the water from the hydrant for the big fire. The one with the wings kept fanning and spreading the fire. By the time he put the big one out, smaller ones would already be everywhere. Â
Danny couldnât watch anymoreâhe didnât know how he could for so long. He didnât know much about this world, but he knew they were outmatched. The one with wings swept towards a hero, its toes? claws? Ready to take him away. Â
âHey Bird-Brain! Go long!â Danny threw a ball of ice at it. It distracted it enough for the hero to get out of the way. Â
It roared. Do birds roar? Is that the right noise? Maybe âshriekedâ is a better term. Â
âNot the time.â
Danny kept pelting its wing with ice. One huge chunk weighed it to the ground. That didnât make it any less dangerous. Â
âGet out of here kid,â said the hero who Danny just saved. Danny glared at him, and the hero shut up. Danny didnât have time for that. Well he did not not have the time, but he didnât want to deal with that right now. He circled around the bird thing, encasing it with ice. That should at least keep him busy.  Â
The minotaur was fighting the one missing half its faceâwhat's a good name for that one? Baldy? Well, they both didnât have hairâbut it was clear he was at his limit for the amount of hits he could take. Baldy grabbed his arm and threw him into the hero putting out the fires. Neither of them got back up. Only one hero remained.Â
Instead of continuing to rampage, Baldy noticed the people for the first time and went charging towards them. Danny was able to intersect its punch as the thing aimed at a dog-walker. Â
It was the most anything Danny had felt in a while. All day and the one before, he was almost numb. Â
Now. Now he felt alive. Â
He was able to take all the attacks that the thing threw at him and return them ten-fold. He had to be careful of its hands though. Itâs punches were hard, but just as quickly as Danny dodged a hit, it would try to grab him. Â
âWhat hero is that?â
âI donât know, I donât recognize him.â Â
âMaybe heâs an intern or new sidekick?â Â
âWhoâs his mentor?â Â
âDidnât Manual get a new intern?â Â
âI donât think that's him.â Â
Danny couldnât hear them. It grabbed hold of his arm and slammed him into the concrete. It left a crater and suddenly Danny felt nostalgic. Â
The thing didnât relent in its attacks. Danny was on his stomach and the thing kept hitting him in his back. He could hear screaming. His body felt like jelly, but now he was able to turn his torso around and create an ecto shield.Â
With a break from the attacks, Danny was able to see the damage. His body was jelly. His waist was twisted around like a cloth being wrung out, and his legs were backwards from the rest of him. âOkay.â That's a new development. He had seen other ghosts do it before, and had even done it one time himself, but he had to actively focus on contorting his body. This, however, was like a reflex. No. Less than that. It was like twisting his wrist or his torso. It was too natural. Â
The thing was still hitting his shield and he could hear the bird thing start to destroy the ice. Danny had to end this fast. Â
Danny sent his shield back and knocked Baldy away with a screech. His shield shattered and embedded itself in the thing's skin. Then it bled. Oh this, this Danny could work with. Â
It was clear to Danny that whatever this thing was, ending it would be a mercy. It shouldnât have existed in the first place. Anger and pain radiated off it as it continued itâs attack.Â
âIs that how the other ghosts looked at him?â Danny wondered.Â
It didnât matter. This thing had to be put down. He coated his hands in ice in a make-shift gauntlet. They were thick and jagged with more weight than he wanted, but they would work just as well in any size.Â
Danny didnât let the thing recover as he started his volley on the creatureâs flesh. Each hit was heavy and satisfying. It was like stabbing pencils in an orange. The result was the same. It lay there, twitching before Dannyâs feet. It stopped after a moment, dead.
Holy shit that was a lot.Â
Danny had never taken a life before. It didnât leave a bitter feeling in the way he excepted it too. He felt a general unease, but not like he had done anything wrong. It was hurting and was going to hurt others. Danny simply stopped both of those from happening anymore.Â
Danny didnât have any time to grapple with what he had done further. Bird-Brain had escaped the ice and was starting to fly away. Danny chased after it, an ice blast under his skin, but itâs wings were fanning the still surrounding flames. Embers had landed on a tree and grass where a few people were hidden. Danny knelt down and pressed his palms on the ground. He sent a road of sleet towards the tree, and it traveled up the bark and coated it in an instant. That was also new. His ice was never that quick or long spread before.Â
The people surrounding only had minor burns but stared at the tree with shock and awe on their faces. Â
Right away he started icing down the smaller fires around him. The range of his ice had increased, and Danny realized he had yet to transform.
âWas there anything to change into left?â Â
In Dannyâs haste to put out the smaller fires, he had completely neglected the initial one. It had gotten smaller as its fuel burned, but there was a leak that led towards a beer and liquor store. Â
Danny felt a swell of heat on his back. The fire had just entered the door and was already eating the shelves. It would only be a moment until it would explode out. Â
With a deep inhale that he didnât need, Dannyâs hands started to glow brighter than before. âIt should be fine. Ecto-ice isnât made out of water, nothing bad should happen.â Â
Danny jinxed it. Something bad happened. Â
Before he was able to ice down the fire, a blast rocketed out. Using the already built up energy in his hands, he created a dome of ice. Everyone was so scattered out that it wouldnât be big enough. Danny would be fine, he survived way worse, but the people behind him would get hurt.
The blast was getting closer, but Dannyâs attention was on how his ice was still spreading and forming. He saw in slow motion how it was able to cover the whole two-lane street. Everyone was okay. Â Â
Dust and light debris blew away and settled peacefully as a chill filled the air. Danny couldnât feel it. He could only feel the sharp eyes of the heroes and civilians alike watching him. Their mouths were dropped. They were looking at him like he was a monster. A freak. And Danny was. It's what he always was. Â
For so long he thought it was only just powers, that he wasnât anything more or anything less than what Spectra said. Just a creepy boy with creepy powers. How could you accept that you werenât human anymore? How could you accept that you had died?Â
It was little things at first. He didnât get cold, food didnât taste the same, he had to remind his feet to touch the ground, and there were moments where he couldnât feel anything physical at all.
The big event was when he fell asleep in class. Mr. Lancer had made a sarcastic remark about Danny not paying attention, but he didnât respond. It grew into concern when he stepped closer. Apparently, Danny wasnât breathing and he didnât have a pulse. He woke up later when his ghost sense went off at the hospital. He was in the body bag. Â
âA ghost trying to fit in with humans,â rang out in his head. Â
That's all he was. No more. No less. Â
But even that wasnât true anymore. Now there was no hiding behind his human body. He had felt it when he died in the fight with Pariah, like a cord snapping. He was just glad he wasnât aloneâŠÂ
Danny was starting to spiral. It would be so easy to test it, to see if he had even an inkling of human left in him. All he needed to do was transformâŠÂ
A teen stepped closer to him. Danny backed away from the movement. The teen looked at Danny. He could see frost on the boyâs breath. His face filled with resolve and suddenly the boy bowed deeply. Â
âThank you for saving us!â That seemed to spark everyone around him and more and more âthank yousâ were heard.Â
âThank you so much!â One woman with soot on her face yelled.Â
âI was on my way home when that thing attacked. I would have never seen my husband againâ Said a man. Â
Danny was shocked. No one had ever thanked him so publicly. It had always been teens in private or notes left around his frequent spots. He grabbed at his chest, his core pounded harder and harder with every new voice. Â
More and more people came up to him and some even shook his hand. His vision was starting to get blurry. Why did someone saying thank him make him feel like this?Â
As if on cue, more heroes arrived on the scene with fire trucks and paramedics. Â
Everyone was okay.
Chapter 2: Wake Up
Summary: Danny wakes up in the Keep, but he is not the same
Word Count: 1523
Only blackness surrounded Danny, itâs tethers wrapping around his body and pulling him down into nothingness. He could do nothing, still too tired and heavy from the fight as it ate him whole. He felt it all around him, but also felt nothing. Â
No pain. No fear. No sadness. Â
It hummed around him, shaking everything inside it. Danny stopped fighting and let go. The Nothing felt nice. Everything had finally stopped. Danny no longer had a bodyâor maybe this was his body? He could no longer tell. What was certain is that he was no longer anything at all. He was nothing. The void seemed to understand his acceptance and it held him closer. It felt like a motherâs hug. Something shifted within and warmth radiated everywhere. It crept in and he felt strength filling his limp body. But the Nothing was strong. It closed his eyes and held him, whispering empty words of sleep and rest. Danny listened, unable to do anything else, not that he would.Â
He was no longer aware of what was happening to himself. He was no longer aware at all. He just was. Â
Time was moving too fast or too slow. It didnât exist. But something changed.Â
White started to seep out from the black, slowly spreading like glue and sticking all over. It reached wherever Danny existed, and it finally started to wrap around him too. It was cold, but Danny didnât feel like he was in danger. It crept up his body, flowing into every vein, weaving through every muscle. Then it reached his eyes andâŠÂ
Danny woke up. Â
He shot up from the green sheets that encased him. Everything felt too much and too sudden. He breathed in deeply, but no air came in or out. He rubbed his head, confusion swirling around. He couldnât remember what happened. Everything was far away and hazy, like waking up with a dream still fresh in your mind. He didnât know how long his eyes were open until he finally processed what he was seeing. He recognized the green of the Ghost Zone, how everything was blurry at the edges, like they were trying to remember what they were supposed to be. Â
His memory hit him like a bucket of cold water. Â
He had fought Pariah Dark.Â
He had won.Â
Sam, Tucker, Jazz sitting around him.Â
He died in their arms.Â
This wasnât right. Â
He Shouldnât be here! Danny ran through the halls of the Keep. He was deeper than he was last time. Was it yesterday? Everything was still hazy. Things looked different in the Keep too. It had the same green candles and medieval flare, but it wasnât as dark and oppressive as when he first entered. The air (if the Ghost Zone even had air) felt lighter. Like it welcomed him.
Danny didnât know how he was still alive. Was he alive? He didnât feel alive, but he also didnât feel dead? He felt energized! Like if you got stabbed and the adrenaline kicks in. Almost alive, but not for long. He was ready to die, and gladly did so, he was at peace with that. He had plenty of time to mourn his own death after the accident. He didnât want to go, but he accepted it, like dying in a plane crash but not having it any other way. Â
Danny just didnât expect to wake up is all. Â
Ghost Zone physics didnât help his confusion. He ran through room to room as easily as a human could in the Realm. It felt so natural. That he was supposed to be alive. Was he? Or maybe his fucked up biology carried over to his âafter lifeâ.Â
He was a freak as a human and as a ghost. Â
After ceaselessly running, Danny made it to a familiar unfamiliar room. He made his way through the throne room, slow and quiet in his steps. The gentle glow of the Ghost Zone shown through what were once barred windows, were now stained-glass windows. Each one depicted a different story or legend that he didnât know, but he did recognize a few of the figures like Frostbite and Pandora. His eyes traveled up the walls to the ceiling where the most elaborate piece was displayed. His mouth was open in awe and confusion. It depicted a constellation forming a figure eerily similar to his own, wearing a crown. He knew deep down, it wasnât a coincidence. Danny knew who it was but didnât let it crawl to the surface.Â
The multicolored glow from the skylight traveled down and danced atop the throne like motes. It wasnât made of bones like before but was finely sculpted out of metal and ice. On the soft looking green cushion, lay the Crown. It sat there like a sleeping cat in a sunbeam. As if it were that harmless. Â
Displayed behind the throne was the sarcophagus, like Pariah Dark could crack it open to whisper corrupting thoughts in its occupants ear. Â
Danny's spine went rigid. Being in the room set off every human instinct still in him to leave, or maybe even ghost, the memory of the King could not be so easily forgotten. But something pulled his core along, like a finger wrapping around a string. It wasnât him. But it was. He walked closer and closer to the throne. He was possessing himself. His numb hands reached out to the crown. When his fingers kissed the metal, he felt the same shock he did when he died. Danny collapsed. Â
When Danny opened his eyes again, the crown was gone. His left arm felt sore and itchy in his veins. He could feel his Lichtenberg scar burn under his hazmat suit, no doubt red and angry. He scratched over them, the sensation traveling upward, deep in his veins. Danny stared back at the throne, still clutching his arm, afraid to turn his back on it anymore. He backed towards the door, slowly, like moving too fast would cause something to leap out and devour him. Â
He backed into something hard. The soft clanging of metal rang out as Danny turned to make eye contact with the Dark Knight. Neither of them moved for a moment as they stared each other down. Fright Knightâs form shifted, and Danny jumped back into a fighting stance, an ecto-blast burning under his skin. Fright Knight did not falter. In one swift motionâŠhe bowed. His head down and a hand over to his once beating heart. Â
Danny couldnât handle this. Everything was moving too fast, and the walls were getting closer and closer. He ran past the knight. His Knight, something whispered. Â
He had to get home. Â
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When Danny made it outside the Keep, he didnât hesitate to fly away. He felt lighter, no longer under the oppressive atmosphere of the castle (even if a part of him felt relaxed in the dark halls). He looked back, only once. A part of him wanted to return, to go back to the throne room and put on the...Danny shook himself out of the thought. Must be a ghost thing. Â
His ghostly form felt different. He was lighter and able to fly faster than he was before. All things to think about later. Â
The Ghost Zone was constantly shifting, but Danny was able to feel where he was supposed to go. It hadnât always been like that, every ghost knew their way around the Realms, despite it always moving. It wasnât as obvious to him when he first âdiedâ. He had to rely on other means like the spectral speeder or infi-map until he could recognize the patterns (even that wasnât perfect). From what he could tell, Vlad had similar issues, although he was too proud to admit it. But now? Now Danny knew where to go. It wasnât a guess or a gut feeling, but if someone had just asked him where his bedroom was. Â
He could feel the Ghost Zone now, too. His fingers felt the wisps of the realm flow through them like it was a stream going around rocks. He could feel how the Zone breathed and moved, like it was rolling around in its sleep. Had the other ghosts felt this too? He felt like it was a part of himself, his core humming with the melodic rise and fall of the Zone. Â
(Maybe it was humming with him).Â
His flying slowed as he calmed down. He had never felt so at peace before. Not at home or otherwise. It was easy to get distracted, to just float along the current of existence here. Â
But he couldnât. Â
He didnât know how long he was dead asleep for. He had to get home. To see Sam and Tucker and Jazz. To make sure everyone was still safe. Â
The Ghost Zone seemed to nod to him. He felt something shift in front of him. There was no portal, just a light behind a crack. Slowly, he dug his fingers in and ripped it apart like saran wrap. He could hear cars and the bustle of a city beyond.  He was going home.